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Can We Really Expect Oculus Rift Support at Hawken's Launch on December 12th?

"We're really excited about it but we want to get the hardware first."

Earlier this week we learned of two more upcoming games that have thrown their hat into the ring to support Oculus Rift: Miner Wars 2081 and Hawken, the latter of which is currently at PAX this weekend. So I had a chance to briefly chat with Meteor Entertainment's Chief Production Officer Bill Wagner on how they plan to implement Rift into Hawken, and if we can expect that support to arrive on Hawken's launch day.

"We're really excited about it but we want to get the hardware first," explains Wagner. "We've got designs and plans on how we would do it, like enabling people to look around inside the cockpit while still being able to move forward and control the mech. But it's super early to be talking about it right now."

Wagner also admits that it's hard for them to give specifics on how long it will take for them to implement the downloadable patch that would enable Rift support. "Right now we have a huge focus on hitting our December 12th release date so it's hard to say right now. We want to get the hardware and we want to make the experience as great as we can for our customers and make sure it fits within the game."

Hopefully that time is just around the corner. With the Oculus Rift Kickstarter now complete, it's up to Palmer Luckey and his team to start distributing the dev kits to developers like Meteor. And hey, if Hawken doesn't have Rift support on launch day, it's not the end of the world. Just as long as it eventually arrives.